AdVenture Capitalist! There's a new iPhone game that lets you play a startup investor, and Apple keeps promoting it

Plenty of iPhone games put you in the hot seat of cars and
planes, but
AdVenture Capitalist! wants to give players a window into the
lives of some of the most important players in tech: venture
capitalists.

Venture capital (VC) firms invest money in startups and tech
companies they perceive to have a lot of potential, and then get
that money back in the form of equity, or when one of their
investments goes public or is acquired by another company.

Players start out with a lemonade stand and can work their
way up the corporate ladder by buying other businesses like pizza
deliveries and movie studios. The game doesn't offer any tech
startups to park your cash in, though.

If your businesses earn enough cash you can attract angel
investors to boost your profits, like you would in the real
world.

AdVenture Capitalist! released in January, according
to App Annie, but the game's novel premise has received
attention from Apple. It's been prominently featured on the
iTunes and App Store home pages recently, and it has an average
rating of 4.7 stars (out of 5). Some of the roughly 7,000 App Store
reviews have called it "addicting," "more fun than I thought it
would be," and "genius."

AdVenture Capitalist! is a free download, but be warned:
there are in-app purchases for things like "gold
bars," which help you progress through the game by helping you
gain new investors, move forward in time, or buy a revenue
multiplier.